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Automated Election Auditing from DRE Logs

1. iVotronic Logs, Ballot Images, and ERM Logs are produced after each election. 4. Election officials are warned about possible miscounts or procedural errors. Election officials upload them to Audit Bear. 3. Audit Bear produces reports. Automated Election Auditing from DRE Logs.

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Automated Election Auditing from DRE Logs

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  1. 1. iVotronic Logs, Ballot Images, and ERM Logs are produced after each election. 4. Election officials are warned about possible miscounts or procedural errors. Election officials upload them to AuditBear. 3. AuditBear produces reports. Automated Election Auditing from DRE Logs P. Baxter1, A. Edmundson2, K. Ortiz3, A. Quevedo4, S. Rodríguez5, C. Sturton6, D. Wagner6 1Clemson University, 2Cornell University, 3University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, 4Miami Dade College, 5University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 6University of California at Berkeley Overview Voting machines used in any election generate audit logs that contain an immense amount of raw data. This study implements ways in which this data can be analyzed to produce meaningful and organized reports; these reports can be used to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of elections. Our study has been integrated into a public website intended for election officials. Results Problem Electronic voting machines generate large audit logs containing an immense amount of data. • What analyses are possible from the given data? • Can these analyses be made easily available to election officials and interested third parties? Our Contribution We analyze audit logs from the South Carolina 2010 elections to find: Analyses • Inaccuracies in election-tally reporting • Procedural errors that occurred on election day • Equipment that may need servicing • Inefficiencies at polling locations that could be averted in future elections Our Tool: AuditBear We developed several analyses and incorporated them into a web-based tool. Auditing DRE log files in a systematic way can promote accurate post-election audits. Our tool standardizes this process in the ES&S client base. • Recommendations • Recommendations to make audit files more usable: • There should be more detailed event descriptions available. • Event logs should contain accurate date and time logging. • Additional events should be used for important actions. Acknowledgements Special thanks to Dr. Kristen Gates and the TRUST program staff. Try it! www.audit-bear.org This work was supported by the TRUST Center and ACCURATE Center (NSF award number CCF-0424422)

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